📏 Form Guide

Montreal Impact

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Montreal Impact, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-1 MLS victory vs FC Cincinatti.

In that game, Montreal Impact managed 50% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Montreal Impact, goals were scored by Josef Martínez (45') and Ariel Lassiter (62'). FC Cincinnati got 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Yuya Kubo (58') scored for FC Cincinatti.

Matches featuring Montreal Impact have usually been engaging affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum of 24 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 10 of these being chalked up by Montreal Impact. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen if such a trend will persist in this match or not.

Orlando City

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Orlando City will go into the clash following on from a 2-3 MLS win in the defeat of D.C. United in their most recent game.

In that match, Orlando City had 47% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Orlando City, goals were scored by Dagur Dan Þór­halls­son (28'), David Brekalo (82') and Duncan McGuire (91'). D.C. United got 17 shots at goal with 7 on target. Christian Benteke (5') and Gabriel Pirani (66') scored for D.C. United.

Proving their predisposition for action-packed matches, the back of the net has been hit 22 times in the prior six matches in which Orlando City have played, yielding an average of 3.67 goals for each meeting. Opposition teams have managed 12 from this total.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 27/02/2022 shows us that Montreal Impact have won 3 of them & Orlando City 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 from Impact and 6 being from The Lions. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was MLS match day 1 on 25/02/2024 and the score finished Orlando City 0-0 Montreal Impact.

On that day, Orlando City had 60% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target.

For their opponents, Montreal Impact got 9 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Rafael Santos.

📋 Team News: Montreal Impact

The Montreal Impact manager Laurent Courtois does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash owing to a completely healthy squad available to select from.

In our view, Impact will possibly make use of the 3-4-1-2 formation for the game and select Jonathan Sirois, George Campbell, Joel Waterman, Joaquin Sosa, Ruan, Raheem Edwards, Samuel Piette, Mathieu Choiniere, Bryce Duke, Mason Toye and Ariel Lassiter.

📋 Team News: Orlando City

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is just the lone fitness problem for the Orlando City gaffer Óscar Pareja to be concerned with. Ramiro Enrique (Ankle injury) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that The Lions appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Pedro Gallese, D. Dan Thorhallsson, David Brekalo, Robin Jansson, Kyle Smith, Cesar Araujo, Wilder Cartagena, Facundo Torres, Nicolas Lodeiro, Ivan Angulo and Luis Muriel.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Orlando City and Montreal Impact could find scoring goals difficult here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. Therefore, we predict a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:24 20/04/2024